μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Home of gods on high mountain. Mt. Olympus.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Daily life of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A151.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Fox 8, Grote I 10
  • Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 23
  • Hindu Penzer X 195 s. v. "Kailasa", Keith 149 (Mount Meru)
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Jewish Neuman. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 19.
  • general Patch PMLA XXXIII 618
  • general Gaster Thespis 138, 170ff.
Within the index

Filed under Home of the gods. Elysium, Avalon, earthly paradise.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Home of gods inside of hill Home of gods in cave Home of gods in volcano crater Gods live in cloudland
Filed beside it
Home of god where he is the only living one God's abode known to none Garden of the gods Home of the gods under the sea Palaces of the gods City of gods (God) God's home on heavenly bodies Deity lives in forest God in sea of milk God originally resident among men God dwells at particular point on earth God's spirit dwells among mortals God's landing place (on island) God dwells alone in darkness Various other dwelling places of gods

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